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Laurence Bruce 1547–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 January 1547

Birth Location: Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: August 1617

Death Location: Muness, Unst, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir ^'

Mother: Lady Elphinstone

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Laurence Bruce was born in 1547 in Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Bruce 3Rd Of Cultmalindie And Lady Euphemia Of Elphinstone Elphinstone. Laurence Bruce passed away in 1617 in Muness, Unst, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Laurence Bruce was born in 1547 in Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Bruce 3Rd Of Cultmalindie And Lady Euphemia Of Elphinstone Elphinstone.
  • Laurence Bruce passed away in 1617 in Muness, Unst, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Laurence Bruce's Ancestors

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Laurence Bruce
1547–1617
Birth Place: Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir JOHN BRUCE, 3rd of Cultmalindie ^'
1502–1546
Cultmalindie, Shetland, Scotland
Lady (Euphemia of Elphinstone) Elphinstone
1509–1564
Elphinstone, Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (David De Brus or Bruce II, 7th Baron of) Clackmannan
1470–1506
Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Lady (Jane, Baroness of O'Lack,) Blackadder
1472–1572
Tull Allan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Lord (\ Rt. Rev. Alexander I Elphinstone I Lord Elphinstone, Archbishop of St. Andrews, Lord high chancellor of Scotland, half-bro of Mary Queen of) Scots
1480–1513
Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Margaret Erskine
1485–1555
Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Rate
1440–1506
Lady Bruce
1445–1470
Sir Blackadder
1446–1508
Elizabeth Tulliallan
1446–1504
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Laurence Bruce's Timeline

2 Records

1547
20 January 1547
Birth of Laurence Bruce in Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1617
August 1617
Age 70
Death of Laurence Bruce in Muness, Unst, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Muness, Unst, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 January 1547
    Event Place: Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: August 1617
    Event Place: Muness, Unst, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

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